The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1887-07-28


Erafe) ssas large as-this piece OF half
burned coal;D and reaching down to-the
crate he laughingly took up large ashen
lump In his fingers
Like q madman the Count sprang 70
grasp the piece from the detectives hand,
and HE face became almost liVid-
s'No, moi throw il back. Tit viii
soil"
4 beg your pardon, Monsieur" said the
detective, coolly, "but really this Is the
highest bit Of coal for its size. Why
brushing the ashes from it-i'why, It is as
light a. wood What is the matter, Count
Are you nv
The Count sat gIaring, trembling. The
detective saw that the bit Of coal was
somehow leading him 20 the end Of the
/ trail 10 the diamond and the man. he
examined the lump carefully, but only for
, moment Then he quietly placed il in
bis pocket
Twill keep this, Count, as q souvenir
of my visit. An odd souvenir. Is il notl'
With one bound the Count De Trouville
sprang between his visitor and the door
and quietly drew pistol.
Monsieur, your words are an insult
Either toss that bit Of coal back into the
grste, or ! viii make you"
The detective took out the lump. Sud
fenly dropping il upon the carpet, he
placed his heel heavily upon il II cracked
apart beneath the pressure like wood,
and there, as he stepped back, lay the
other lost diamond
You may keep the coal, will take the
diamond and you"
Before the Count could comprehend the
movement the detective, BY an adroit
H-r- 10
upon him, dashed the pistol from his
hand and held him at his mercy.
''You are my prisoner, Adolphe, alias
he Count De Trouville, as Flnchette will
be within an hour. I arrest you as the
murderer Of Ribaud, the miser Of Raincy,
and she as your accomplice."
An hour later the woman Fanchette.
-esplendent in silks, returned from her
iFive, was put under arrest and with her
companion was sent on her way 10
prison.
That night she sent for the Project, and
With tears and lamentations confessed
her guilt as an accOmplice 70 the murder
II her old master, Ribaud, the miser.
Briefly, her store was thiss
While In his service she one day came
up n him unawares, ami unseen BY him,
saw Aim remove q brick from the jam OF
she FIRE place in his room aud take out
Two large diam ends, and after examining
hem, replace them In their cOncealment.
After this she was stimulated 70 watch
aim still closer. and she az last found
where he had hidden his mOney-uu-
fer water barrel in the cellar. Three
hundred Thousand francs IN coin; besides
"A the oak chest were 100 O1) francs in
notes All this he had amassed while in
Paris a rag-picker and by the purchase OF
lucky ticket in the lottery
She told her lover all He was poor,
INSCRIPTIONS. He proposed 10 murder
him and mako way with the body. She
was 70 admit him, and the horrible work
being done and the robbery accomplished.
ne was n gag ard bind her and leave her
there TO ward on suspiciol. All worked
well As the Count and Countess DE
rrouville they came n Paris. The CRY
thatthe hostlers heard while playing cards
was the desth-shriek Of the miser Tho
weapons used were a bludgeOn and a breal
knife Il was the Count who tried 10
pawn the diamond At the Monte
lie Pete. Fearing that-being tracked
by the bank officials and the house
searched 80 the remaining diamond
would be found, he devised the idea Of
roncealing it in a bit OF wood, over which.
with coating 81 glue, he sp-inkleI coal
lust ashes, and placed il carefully in the
open CRATE, keeping always the door Of
The room locked.
Adolphe was hanged aud Fanchette was
seat 70 penal settlement for life.
To jacquard the Due d'Aumale made q
generous reward. On the morning fol-
lowing Fanchette's confession the rag
picker came 10 the Project
you see, monsieur, what said was
true The diamonds aud tho murderer
we're together, chr
How came Ribaud 10 have themf'
"Ahl he found them In the case as they
were dropped by the ass Of a jeweler
bringing them from the Due d'Aumale ia
his carriage. Ribaud saw them drop he
threw his rag-bag over them until the
jeweler entered his shop and then made
way with his prize. That's alL"-N y
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